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Evans Skipper Funeral Home

909 South Tennille Avenue

Donalsonville, GA 39845

(229) 524-2789

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Donalsonville GA Obituaries and Death Notices

This York County murder might never be solved - LancasterOnline

Miller when he chased them after spotting them steal a neighbor's pickup. They stole Miller's car and he later was found dead in Maryland.The quartet continued its way south. Four days later, in Donalsonville, Ga., the three prison escapees and Billy stopped at an empty house trailer in search of gas.As they began burglarizing the trailer, members of the farm family who lived there came home, singly and in pairs. As they arrived, Carl Isaacs, Coleman and Dungee forced them into bedrooms at opposite ends of the trailer and shot them execution style.The wife of one of the five men who were killed came looking for her relatives. She was raped by Isaac and the others. Billy, who later testified against his brother, denied taking part in the murders or the rape.The woman was forced from the trailer and, in a wooded area some miles away, was raped again and killed.After the six bodies were found, police located Carl, Billy and the other two men driving through West Virginia. Tired and hungry, they were taken into custody without incident.Following trials and retrials, Carl Isaacs was sentenced to death -- the electric chair at the time of his conviction. He ultimately was executed by lethal injection.Coleman and Dungee escaped the death penalty and were sentenced to life in prison. Dungee died in 2006.Billy Isaacs pleaded to lesser charges, served 20 years in prison, received parole and was returned to Maryland in 1993. Billy was sentenced to 60 years in prison for Miller's murder.Although records are not clear, it appears Billy was given credit against the 60-year sentence for the time he served in Georgia.According to a Fulton County (McConnellsburg) News story, Billy was paroled by the state of Maryland in 1994.He died in Florida in 2009 at age 51. Coleman, who police said was the one who shot Miller in the head execution style, was identified in Billy's obituary as a surviving brother, but Carl was not mentioned as a relative.Carl's alibiWhen Carl was executed, he was the longest-serving death row inmate in the United States.While he was on death row in 2001, Pennsylvania State Police questioned him a final time about Elder's murder."Carl did put himself at the scene," Denisch said.Carl told troopers that the driver who g...

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This York County murder might never be solved - LancasterOnline

Miller when he chased them after spotting them steal a neighbor's pickup. They stole Miller's car and he later was found dead in Maryland.The quartet continued its way south. Four days later, in Donalsonville, Ga., the three prison escapees and Billy stopped at an empty house trailer in search of gas.As they began burglarizing the trailer, members of the farm family who lived there came home, singly and in pairs. As they arrived, Carl Isaacs, Coleman and Dungee forced them into bedrooms at opposite ends of the trailer and shot them execution style.The wife of one of the five men who were killed came looking for her relatives. She was raped by Isaac and the others. Billy, who later testified against his brother, denied taking part in the murders or the rape.The woman was forced from the trailer and, in a wooded area some miles away, was raped again and killed.After the six bodies were found, police located Carl, Billy and the other two men driving through West Virginia. Tired and hungry, they were taken into custody without incident.Following trials and retrials, Carl Isaacs was sentenced to death -- the electric chair at the time of his conviction. He ultimately was executed by lethal injection.Coleman and Dungee escaped the death penalty and were sentenced to life in prison. Dungee died in 2006.Billy Isaacs pleaded to lesser charges, served 20 years in prison, received parole and was returned to Maryland in 1993. Billy was sentenced to 60 years in prison for Miller's murder.Although records are not clear, it appears Billy was given credit against the 60-year sentence for the time he served in Georgia.According to a Fulton County (McConnellsburg) News story, Billy was paroled by the state of Maryland in 1994.He died in Florida in 2009 at age 51. Coleman, who police said was the one who shot Miller in the head execution style, was identified in Billy's obituary as a surviving brother, but Carl was not mentioned as a relative.Carl's alibiWhen Carl was executed, he was the longest-serving death row inmate in the United States.While he was on death row in 2001, Pennsylvania State Police questioned him a final time about Elder's murder."Carl did put himself at the scene," Denisch said.Carl told troopers that the driver who g...